According to Commodafrica, Cameroon’s natural rubber exports to China reached 441 tonnes in the first two months of 2014.
Exports are down though compared to the same period last year. With 441 tonnes, Cameroon is, however, the 3rd African rubber supplier to China.
Côte d’Ivoire comes out on top with 1,683 tonnes exported to China between January and February 2014 – a 186% increase compared to the same period last year. Next comes 482 tonnes which is down by 0.41%, according to our sources.
With 403 tonnes of rubber exported to China (-31%), Nigeria is in 4th place, but far ahead of Liberia which also supplied China with rubber during the same period; up by only 35 tonnes. In total, China imported 534,065 tonnes of rubber in the first two months of 2014.